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1911652j1196Canada: Mail. Good. 1911. First Edition. Pamphlet. A lavishly produced promotional brochure in brown card covers illustrated with an elegant colour illustration of the Château Frontenac hotel and gilt lettering. Several high-resolution black and white photos. Includes content about fishing and camping on Ontario's French River Calgary - The Pearl of the Prairies Customs and Baggage Commercial Travellers C.P.R. Train Service The Columbia Valley and more. Marconigram on page 6 suggests a 1911 printing date. 12 glossy pages. Single staple binding has disintegrated but covers and all contents present. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality example of this early piece of Canadian transportation ephemera. 23 cm x 15.5 cm. ; 8vo . Mail unknown
18904909Buffalo NY: Matthews Northrup & Co. Art-Printing Works 1890. 39pp. Sextodecimo 15.5 cm Gray printed wraparound wrappers. About very good. Wear to covers. Complete with the both fold-out maps. A description of the county opens this work 8 pages and is followed by Township plats with lists of sections. The Associated Railway Land Department of Florida was composed of four railway companies and two land development companies. Early Florida development work with dozens of maps.<br/><br/>"This county has maintained its attractions to immigrants from the early settlement of the peninsula. The remarkable productiveness of every class of lands has gathered and kept new comers within its bounds with so much of the contentment of thrift that the population has grown upwards of 20000." - p.3. Matthews, Northrup & Co., Art-Printing Works unknown books
18904910Buffalo NY: Matthews Northrup & Co. Art-Printing Works 1890. 80pp. Sextodecimo 15.5 cm Gray printed wraparound wrappers. About very good. Wear to covers. Complete with the fold-out map. A description of the county opens this work 8 pages and is followed by Township plats with lists of sections. The Associated Railway Land Department of Florida was composed of four railway companies and two land development companies. Early Florida development work with dozens of maps.<br/><br/>"That particular district of peninsular Florida so long and so favorably known as the Lake Region is now principally embraced in Lake County. The central figure in the county is Lake Harris covering about eighteen square miles of territory surrounded for the most part with high beautiful banks forming the site of several charming towns the adjacent territory presenting many pleasing orange groves villas and gardens." - p.3. Matthews, Northrup & Co., Art-Printing Works unknown books
18904908Buffalo NY: Matthews Northrup & Co. Art-Printing Works 1890. 245pp. Sextodecimo 15.5 cm Gray printed wraparound wrappers. Good only. Damaged front cover wear and creasing to front and rear leaves. Fold-out map at front is damaged and incomplete. A description of the county opens this work 18 pages and is followed by Township plats with lists of sections. The Associated Railway Land Department of Florida was composed of four railway companies and two land development companies. Early Florida development work with dozens of maps.<br/><br/>"Lee County was named in honor of the gallant General Robert E. Lee and was formed and organized as a county in the spring of 1887. It was formerly part of Monroe County with its county site at Key West which was 185 miles distant from the northern limits of the county. The present Lee County was until quite recently uninhabited by the white man. It was home of the deer turkey and the indolent but friendly Seminole." - p.3. Matthews, Northrup & Co., Art-Printing Works unknown books
1888009198Massachusetts: Fall River Line and Old Colony Railroad. Original 1888 issue by the Fall River Line and Old Colony Railroad. 8vo.wrappers with printed card covers 5" x 8" 86pp. illustrated with plates b/w reproductions within the text and 5 fold-out maps of which only the first two are present - "General Map Old Colony Railroad" 3-color 2-fold and "Newport" single fold b/w. The other three maps are supplied in b/w facsimilie. Chipping to the spine wraparound at the heel else a very good example - clean unsoiled strong unmarked. Scarce. . Good. Soft cover. 1888. Fall River Line and Old Colony Railroad paperback
19102222249<p>First edition Oblong octavo 8 7/8" x 5 1/2". 12 pages illustrated in eight colors by Evelyn Gladys Hall. Stitched edges pinked. A bit of fading to left side. Very good.</p><p>Depict British American German trains including cattle and pigeon cars.</p><p>Cope page 79 No. 125.</p> Dean's Rag Book Co. Ltd. unknown books
188068192Fargo D.T. Dakota Territory: F. Jay Haynes Official Photographer Northern Pacific Railway 1880. Photograph. Very Good. Stereoview photograph on a yellow Northern Pacific Railway mount 10 cm x 18 cm. Northern Pacific Views backstamp with decorative diamond border lines. Title is negative-etched in white along along the bottom edge of the right image. Both the card and the image is a little bit rubbed and dirty. Image is still clear and sharp. View of the burial ground with several structures visible. Taken at ground level centered and from a middle distance.<br /> <br /> Frank Jay Haynes 1853-1921 was the official photographer for the Northern Pacific Railway and later for Yellowstone National Park. Haynes took many noteworthy photographs at various locations along the Northern Pacific Yellowstone Park Line. Haynes travelled to Yellowstone in 1882 and captured many images of the emerging park. He opened his Log Cabin Studio the following year at Mammoth Hot Springs and continued to photograph the park for many years to come. Haynes' photography is inextricably linked to the public image of the famous national park. F. Jay Haynes, Official Photographer, Northern Pacific Railway unknown
1923OB522<p>June 1923 University Press Cambridge Mass. Hard Cover. vii 3 334 pages tables & charts 9 folding 23 folding maps & plans 15 color; 27.5 cm. Discusses New Haven Boston & Maine Boston & Albany Maine Central Bangor & Aroostook Grand Trunk and Rutland railroads and the Canadian Pacific Railway; New England's water transportation topography passenger traffic of New England roads motor truck transportation and port development Welland Canal; the Cowie Plan; Boston terminals. A snapshot of commerce in the Northeast between the wars. Bound in full leather stamped in gold with inside dentelles and marbled endpapers; skillfully rebacked. Ex library with a single stamp; internally clean the maps very crisp the book itself apparently unread. Copy of Everett E. Salisbury Rhode Island committee member with his name stamped on the front cover. A handsome copy. Stock#OB522 oversize.</p> June, 1923 [University Press, Cambridge, Mass.] hardcover
2804Manchester Lancs.: C. W. Bayley Chief Traffic Manager; printer's slug of The Manchester Guardian at the foot of the front cover 1899. . 12mo pictorial pale-green printed wrappers. No other copies located; OCLC & COPAC both checked. Pages 3Ð19 number the tours from number 1Ð36 but only the first 20 are in this volume; the remainder mustappear in a separate Yorkshire volume. The starting point is given and then the cost of both a first and a third classicket plus a bicycle charge. Pages 20Ð45 contain detailed highlights of each tour. SOLD WITH: Another edition 1905 with title-page and 6 halftones detailing 22 tours out of 39. The printer's slug on this edition also on the front cover reads "Henry Blacklock & Co. Ltd. Colour Printers Manchester."``````` [Manchester, Lancs.: C. W. Bayley, Chief Traffic Manager; printer's slug of The Manchester Guardian at the foot of the front unknown books
185822429Cincinnati: Gazette Company Steam Printing House 1858. Original printed wrappers stitched. 37 1 blank pp. Folding table. Light wear Very Good plus. <br /> <br /> The Directors blame "the continued and unusual navigable condition of the Ohio river during nearly all of the year" for the parlous condition of the Railroads. Despite the attractiveness of transportation by water the Directors express high hopes for the future joint operations of the Companies. Tables and much data on the companies' rolling stock and financial condition are included. <br /> FIRST EDITION. Not in BRE Sabin Eberstadt Thomson OH. Gazette Company Steam Printing House unknown
185822429Cincinnati: Gazette Company Steam Printing House 1858. Original printed wrappers stitched. 37 1 blank pp. Folding table. Light wear Very Good plus. <br/><br/> The Directors blame "the continued and unusual navigable condition of the Ohio river during nearly all of the year" for the parlous condition of the Railroads. Despite the attractiveness of transportation by water the Directors express high hopes for the future joint operations of the Companies. Tables and much data on the companies' rolling stock and financial condition are included. <br/>FIRST EDITION. Not in BRE Sabin Eberstadt Thomson OH. Gazette Company Steam Printing House unknown books
19281134Louisville 1928. Very good. 59 leaves. Oblong narrow octavo. Blueprint self-wrappers with blue paper spine enclosing blueprint contents. Light wear to spine and corners some wear to wrappers. Contemporary ownership inscription on front cover. Internally clean. Profile guide map for the Birmingham Mineral Railroad operating at this time under the name of its parent company the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. Printed in blueprint the volume opens with a map of the entire line from Montgomery north to Birmingham and looping to the north and east through Talladega and Gadsden. There follow detailed maps of the line indicating culverts depots and other features on the route. These maps are provided for the Columbiana Branch the Marbleton Branch the Lumberton Spur the Rock Springs Spur the Self Creek Branch the Long Branch Coal Railroad the Graystone Branch and the Huntsville No. 2. The Birmingham Mineral Railroad was chartered as a division of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad in 1884 designed to freight coal and other minerals from mines in the region. The Huntsville No. 2 Branch opened in 1889 from Birmingham to the Champion Mines. Many of the Red Mountain mines were abandoned by the Great Depression and the railroad was slowly dismantled throughout the 1930s and 1940s. We find no record of this title in OCLC and suspect it was produced in a limited number for internal use. unknown books
19006152London: Partington Advertising Company Waterlow & Sons printers n.d. circa 1900. 6th edition. Very Good/The handy District Railway map of London seems to have appeared under several imprints between the 1870s and the early 20th century. This copy issued by the agents for billboard advertising on the London Chatham and Dover lines. Other copies of the same map at the same time bear the imprint of Samson Low. Fine map of London showing mass transit lines. Inset of the Putney Bridge & Wimbledon section. Color folded map 68 x 106 cm folded to 18 x 14 cm in cover 19 x 15 cm. Cover illustrated with "picture postcard" scenes of London. Cover rather stained map very good with some discoloration along folds only. Partington Advertising Company (Waterlow & Sons, printers) unknown books
186330260Memphis 1863. Broadside 9" x 11". Lined paper with columns in blue and red inks entirely in manuscript. Two large stains at left edge moderate dusting to right edge on verso. A few small edge chips old folds with archival tape repairs of short splits on verso. Good to Good.<br/><br/> The Mississippi Central Railroad Company was chartered in 1852; construction began in 1853 and was completed in 1860. The road ran from Canton Mississippi to Jackson Tennessee; it connected to the New Orleans Jackson and Great Northern Railroads at Canton; the Memphis and Charleston Railroad at Grand Junction Tennessee; and the Mobile and Ohio Railroad at Jackson Tennessee. The Mississippi Central Railroad was the scene of several military actions during 1862-1863 and was severely damaged.<br/> R.S. Taylor & Co. of Memphis Tennessee advertised as Cotton Factors and Grocers "We have a large and well selected stock of Groceries and Flour among which is the old favorite Grafton 000 and Reincke's Elegant." THE MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL VOLUME 31 NUMBER 67 FEBRUARY 22 1871 Page 1. unknown books
188831649np 1888. 79 1 pp plus folding map couple of expertly repaired short fold splits one chip. Disbound Good. <br /> <br /> This promotional went through a number of editions of which this appears to be the first. It provides the information promised by the title.<br /> 110 Eberstadt 15. unknown
188831649np 1888. 79 1 pp plus folding map couple of expertly repaired short fold splits one chip. Disbound Good. <br/><br/> This promotional went through a number of editions of which this appears to be the first. It provides the information promised by the title.<br/>110 Eberstadt 15. unknown books
3055Boston: The Company:Alfred Mudge & Son Printers 1874. . 8vo buff wrappers front printed Boston: [The Company]:Alfred Mudge & Son, Printers, 1874. unknown
3055Boston: The Company:Alfred Mudge & Son Printers 1874. . 8vo buff wrappers front printed Boston: [The Company]:Alfred Mudge & Son, Printers, 1874. unknown books
185240771Boston: J. B. Yerrinton & Son 1852. Original printed wrappers stitched. 19 1 blank pp unpaginated folding table. Fine.<br /> <br /> Lowell Massachusetts was the site of "an exhibition of Improvements in the Mechanic Arts and Manufactured Articles." The Exhibition's Managers invited the New England Association of Railway Superintendents to exhibit and act as judges of "a show and trial of Locomotive Engines." Tables and data accompany this Report of the Judges.<br /> Not in Sabin or BRE. As of March 2025 OCLC records only facsimiles of this Boston imprint. Several holdings of the pamphlet printed in Lowell are noted. 1 Soliday 1420 records the Lowell imprint. J. B. Yerrinton & Son unknown
184122451New-York: Printed by Egbert Hedge Railroad Journal Office. 120 Nassau Street 1841. 34 2 blank 2 15 appendix 1 2 blank pp. Attractive green foldout map of the State of New York a few short splits along folds one short closed tear repaired with small piece of tape on verso. Original printed wrappers small institutional paper label with reinforced spine. Stitched blindstamp at bottom of title page. Else Very Good. <br /> AI 41-3849 4. OCLC 39816544 4 -serial. Printed by Egbert Hedge, Railroad Journal Office. 120 Nassau Street unknown
184122451New-York: Printed by Egbert Hedge Railroad Journal Office. 120 Nassau Street 1841. 34 2 blank 2 15 appendix 1 2 blank pp. Attractive green foldout map of the State of New York a few short splits along folds one short closed tear repaired with small piece of tape on verso. Original printed wrappers small institutional paper label with reinforced spine. Stitched blindstamp at bottom of title page. Else Very Good. <br/>AI 41-3849 4. OCLC 39816544 4 -serial. Printed by Egbert Hedge, Railroad Journal Office. 120 Nassau Street unknown books
1916562St. Paul 1916. 64pp. Quarto. Original pictorial wrappers stapled. A scarce North Dakota promotional published by the Northern Pacific Railway focused on the agriculture of the state. The extensive text consists consists of detailed county-by-county descriptions of farming opportunities in North Dakota accompanied by numerous photographic images as well as the obligatory information on passenger travel and freight service available through Northern Pacific to these areas. A color map of the state with existing and proposed Northern Pacific lines is printed on the inside front wrapper. We locate three copies at Yale BYU and the State Historical Society of North Dakota. unknown
187216715New York: Land Department Northern Pacific Railroad Company 1872. Original printed wrappers with wrapper title as issued. Verso of front wrap is a 'Map of the Northern Pacific Railroad Lands in Minnesota.' Rear wrap is a 'Map of the Northern Pacific Railroad and its Connections extending to Washington on the West Coast. Some wrapper soil 32pp. Text illustrations minor wear Good or so. <br/><br/> This Guide which is well-represented in institutions discusses the geography and resources of the railroad's Minnesota lands East of the Mississippi River the lands between the Mississippi and the Red River Valley and the land in the Red River Valley. Fruit timber and fuel markets transportation facilities settlers Soldiers' Colonies reflecting Homestead Law provisions favoring soldiers and sailors settlement tips stock-raising price of land and terms of sale how to construct a house with illustrations are all reviewed. Land Department, Northern Pacific Railroad Company unknown books
1885WRCAM54057St. Paul Mn 1885. 64pp. with in-text illustrations. Original pictorial wrappers extracted from larger volume. Very good. An attractive 1885 promotional publication by the Northern Pacific Railroad providing detailed descriptions and numerous illustrations of attractions to be taken advantage of along their routes from Minneapolis and Saint Paul to Seattle and thence to Alaska. Includes a map illustrations and descriptions of Yellowstone. unknown books
188327620St. Paul: Brown & Treacy 1883. Original printed and illustrated wrappers. 96pp. Wraps worn blank inner margins with binding holes and some separation of the text block from the wraps. Else Very Good. Profusely illustrated. Blank verso of front wrapper with small plate 'Presented by J. Fletcher Williams St. Paul Minn.' <br/><br/> The story of the Railway its completion details of the celebration and the attractions of St. Paul "the Northwestern Metropolis."<br/>BRE 243. Brown & Treacy unknown books
